African Adoptions Raise Big Question - washingtonpost.com

African Adoptions Raise Big Question - washingtonpost.com: "African Adoptions Raise Big Question

By CELEAN JACOBSON
The Associated Press
Wednesday, October 11, 2006; 5:12 PM

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Reports that Madonna may have adopted a Malawian child have focused attention on foreign adoptions in Africa _ and raised questions about whether it's in an African child's best interest to be spirited away to the wealthy West.

'Are celebrities doing it for the right reasons and not to make a statement?' asked Pam Wilson of the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society. Comments on talk radio across the region have been even more pointed, with callers accusing the pop-music star of going on a 'shopping expedition.'"